Axosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848a
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Felipe |
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Axosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848a |
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Genus Axosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848a View in CoL
Type species. Caryophyllia extinctorium Michelin, 1841 , Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) of France (Calvados) .
Diagnosis. Solitary, attached by small base or free. Corallite variably conical, elliptical in outline. Costosepta compact, generally free and straight, arranged bilaterally, regularly developed in cycles, granulated laterally. One first cycle septum often fused to columella. Columella lamellar. Distal margin of septa weakly ornamented, showing a zigzag pattern, especially visible in thin septa. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular. Paliform structures and synapticulae absent. Intertrabecular distance ranging between 150 to around 500 µm. Wall made of stereozone and enlarged costae that are fused to each other. Microstructure characterized by mid-septal zigzag line. Epithecal s.l. wall folded.
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